Question

$\text{List I}$ has four entries and $\text{List II}$ has five entries. Each entry of $\text{List I}$ is to be matched with one entry of $\text{List II}.$

$\begin{array}{ccccc}& \text{List I}& & \text{List II}& \\ \text{(A)}& \text{If}x=\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6+\dots \text{up to}\infty }}},& & & \\ & \text{then}x\text{is equal to}& \text{(P)}& 4& \\ \text{(B)}& \text{If}a\text{and}x\text{are positive integers such}& & & \\ & \text{that}x<a\text{and}\sqrt{a-x},\sqrt{x},\sqrt{a+x}& \text{(Q)}& 5& \\ & \text{are in}A.P.\text{, then least possible value of}a\text{is}& & & \\ \text{(C)}& \text{If}3a+2b+4c=0,a,b,c\in R\text{and the}& & & \\ & \text{line}ax+by+c=0\text{always passes}& & & \\ & \text{through a fixed point}(p,q)\text{, then the}& & & \\ & \text{value of}2p+q\text{is}& \text{(R)}& 2& \\ \text{(D)}& \text{If}k(\sin 18{}^{\circ }+\cos 36{}^{\circ }{)}^2=5,\text{then the}& & & \\ & \text{value of}k\text{is}& \text{(S)}& 3& \\ & & \text{(T)}& 6& \end{array}$

Which of the following is the only CORRECT combination?

• A. $A\to S;B\to R$
• B. $A\to R;B\to S$
• C. $A\to S;B\to Q$
• D. $A\to Q;B\to S$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $A\to S;B\to Q$

$\left(A\right)x=\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6+\dots \text{up to}\infty }}}$
$\Rightarrow x=\sqrt{6+x}\Rightarrow x^2-x-6=0\Rightarrow x=-2,3$
As $x>0$, so $x=3$
$A\to S$

$\left(B\right)\sqrt{a-x},\sqrt{x},\sqrt{a+x}$ are in $A.P.,$ then
$2\sqrt{x}=\sqrt{a-x}+\sqrt{a+x}$
Squaring both the sides, we get
$\Rightarrow 4x^2=2a+2\sqrt{(a^2-x^2)}\Rightarrow 4x=2a+2\sqrt{a^2-x^2}\Rightarrow 2x-a=\sqrt{a^2-x^2}$
Again squaring both the sides, we get
$\Rightarrow 4x^2+a^2-4xa=a^2-x^2\Rightarrow 5x^2=4xa\Rightarrow x(5x-4a)=0$
As $x$ and $a$ are positive integer, so
$x=\frac{4a}{5}$
Hence, the minimum value of $a=5$
$B\to S$

$\left(C\right)3a+2b+4c=0$
$\Rightarrow b=-\frac{(3a+4c)}{2}$
Now,
$ax+by+c=0\Rightarrow ax-\frac{(3a+4c)y}{2}+c=0\Rightarrow a(x-\frac{3y}{2})+c(1-2y)=0\Rightarrow (x-\frac{3y}{2})+\frac{c}{a}(1-2y)=0$
The fixed point is $(p,q)=(\frac{3}{4},\frac{1}{2})$
Therefore, $2p+q=2$
$C\to R$

$\left(D\right)$
$k(\sin 18{}^{\circ }+\cos 36{}^{\circ }{)}^2=5\Rightarrow k{(\frac{\sqrt{5}-1}{4}+\frac{\sqrt{5}+1}{4})}^2=5\therefore k=4$
$D\to P$